Pokegama (/pəˈkɛɡɒˌmɑː/) is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.[2]

History

Originally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.[3]

As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pokegama, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ MnDOT Pokegama Township Map, 2016
  3. ^ Cordes, Jim (1989). Pine County ... and its memories. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
  4. ^ Monthly State Minimum/Maximum Extremes, 2004